Josefine sandberg



No. 748,657. PATENTED JAN. 5, 1904.

J. SANDBERG.

SATOHEL.

AYPLIUATION FILED KAY'ZT, 1903.

N0 IODEL.

Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

J OSEFINE SANDBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,657, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed May 27, 1903. Serial No. 168,926. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEFINE SANDBERG, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, New York city, State of New York, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Satchels, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to satchels of expansible and contractible character; and it consists generally of folding and lacing flaps of pliable webbing or tissues contrived in theno'vel arrangements hereinafter described for contracting into small compass or expanding to larger bulk, according to the volume of goods to be carried, and of such form as may be conveniently strapped on the body or carried by hand, which said improvements are represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device unlaced as for packing, with the lace-strings mainly omitted. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the satchel full packed, laced,and strapped as for carrying in the hand. Fig. 3 is an end view showing the empty satchel rolled compactly. v

The part a is a sheet of flexible webbing or tissue, preferably of oblong, rectangular, or practically rectangular form with lacing-perforations 6 around the margins, said margins being reinforced, preferably, on both the sides with strengtheningbands c of like or similar flexible material as the main part a. The part a being folded along the middle constitutes the two outside flaps of the satchel, and is when adjusted for carrying laced along the top, as at d, and at the ends, as at 6. Along the folding-line an interior pocket f, com prising two side webs joining at h, is stitched, as at g, where the lower edges of the said sides h are joined together, as well as to the web a, with the'top open for inserting the articles to be carried in said pocket, the top edges thein g perforated and reinforced similarly as the margins of part a. To each end of this pocket a like web jis attached at is, where it is folded at the middle, so that the ends Z of the two pieces j meet at or about the middle of the sides f of the interior pocket, where said ends being in like manner reinforced and perforated for lacing are to be laced and drawn taut over the articles packed between webs k and the side parts f of the inside pocket, the ends Z being brought by the lacing-strings more or less close to each other, according to the bulk of the contents, and on the outsides of the sides f of the inside pocket I apply small pockets at, stitched thereto along the bottom 0 and laced at the top p.

A handle q may be strapped on the folded device by the usual straps s, or the usual knapsack-straps may be applied for carrying it by hand or strapped to the body.

The pocketsn may be used as shown or be omitted, as desired.

It will be seen that the parts a, interior pocket attached to part it along the foldinglines of said part a, and the parts 3', attached at their folding-line to the ends of the interior pocket, respectively, constitute a very simple and convenient satchel of size varying materially as to bulk, according to the con- I tents, and making a slight flat package when empty or a round one if it may be preferred to roll it.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination of the main web or tissue an adapted to fold along the middle and having the lacing-perforations along the meeting margins, the interior pocket stitched together and to the part 0, along the fold of said part a, and having the lacing-perforations along the top, and the end parts j folded transversely and thereat stitched to the ends of the interior pocket and provided with lacing-perforations at their ends respectively.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 15th day of May, 1903.

JOSEFI NE SANDBERG.

, Witnesses:

G. Snncwrcx, J. M. HOWARD. 

